xxv, 258 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portriats ; 24 cm
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Post-Convict Era and the Future South-East Queensland -- 2.European Invasion of the Future Southern Queensland -- 3.European Invasion of the Future Central Queensland -- 4.South-West Queensland-the Channel Country -- 5.Poisonings and Sexual Exploitation -- 6.Early Gulf and Central Queensland -- 7.The Frontier Moves to Far North Queensland and Cape York Peninsula -- 8.Dark Deeds in the Northern Rainforests-the Tully and Cairns Districts -- 9.The Gulf Country and Western Queensland -- 10.Queensland's Disreputable Reputation
Summary
As Europeans moved into new lands in Queensland in the 19th century, violent encounters with local Aboriginals mostly followed. Drawing on extensive original research, Timothy Bottoms tells the story of the most violent frontier in Australian colonial history
Analysis
Aborigines
Australian
Colonialism
Ethnic relations
History
Homicide
Queensland
Violence
Notes
"Foreword by Raymond Evans" -- Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references and index
Audience
General
Tertiary/Undergraduate
Notes
Timothy Bottoms is a Cairns-based historian and author of Djabugay Country and A History of Cairns